[highest ranking in romance - #3] [highest ranking in teen fiction - #19] "You've built your walls so high no one can climb them. But I'm gonna try." ❧ Lauren Gates is an eighteen year old girl whose past has left her with major trust issues and has caused her to shut out socializing from her life completely. But when she moves with her aunt to a new state, everything starts to change. Logan Williams is popular, good-looking, and determined to help Lauren break out of the shell she's been hiding in for the past three years - no matter what it takes. Somewhere along the way, her feelings for Logan start to develop into something more than she expected. But can she really learn to let go and allow herself to feel this way? Or will she keep holding on to the past?

Troy has fallen. As the ashes of the war settle on the city, Shouto Todoroki finds a Trojan priestess fending off a group of soldiers. Prompted by a God's spell, Shouto makes a deal few Greeks would abide by. Can two people from opposite sides of the war ever find peace? Or love? AU Greek Mythology. Tags: NO SMUT or LEMONS or however you want to call sex. There is mental health issues - PTSD Standard violence XXXXXX Shouto stared. His breath felt like lead in his throat. He was shaking and simultaneously felt hot and cold as he looked at his chest and touched the area the arrow had protruded from. He brought his hand up to inspect his fingers, but his skin was dry. It had been a god's arrow. One of Aphrodite's Erotes. Shouto looked up sharply, expecting to find Kaminari floating in the sky. Instead, his gaze landed on the priestess, still fighting off the Athenian soldiers and the world stopped. Shouto could hear his own heartbeat thumping in his ears. He could barely breathe. It was like he was drowning in a sea of tar. And he stared in cold fury as the warriors moved in on the priestess.